Button and stud.



F.- P. BARNEY.

BUTTON AND STUD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1913.

1,120,786. Patented Deg. 15,1914.

WIT/E5555 SHINUTON. I).

"HE NORRIS PETERS 60.. FH01l7-LITHo.. WA

FRA KP. BARNEY, or CHARTLEYQMASSACHUSEiTS.

BUTTON AND s'rUn. 7

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, FRANK P. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chartley, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons and Studs, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to improvementsin cuff-link buttons and studs, and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

My present improvement resides more especially in the type of cuff-buttons or studs in which the front head memberof the button is rigidly secured to the adjacent end portion of the post. In the construction of buttons of this general class, as heretofore devised, the post is s0ft-soldered direct to the back of the button head; in others the head part is provided with abase-plate through which lugs formed on the post 6X- tend, and are riveted. In such former constructions havingthe post thus connected to the button head, the fastening means -em ployed are liable to break or become. weakened in that the post, when subjected to normal lateral stress or pressure acts'as a lever, the tendency being to loosen it inor from the plate.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings,

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a button embodying my present improvement; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal. sectional view, taken substantially through the center of the but ton; Fig. 3 is an outer end viewofthe frontf" head; Fig. l 18 a transverse sectiontaken on line 44 of Fig. 2, showing the pilot or bean head of the button; Fig. 5 is a face view of the post itself; Fig. 6 is an end view of the post combined with the back plate of. the front head, the shoe member being omitted; and Fig. 7 is an edge view of the post, corresponding with Fig. 6.

a, in the drawings, designates the improved post-member of abutton, the post being formed or cut from comparatively thick sheet metal stock. In the button represented the shank portion of the post is curved "longitudinally, thereby adapting it for use in connection with cuff-link buttons,

so-called. Obviously, the post is equally well adapted to be secured to the heads of studs. The main end portion is made comparatively wide and provided with parallel shoulders a, a terminating in lateral ex tensions a a having oppositely bentright] f ,and left transverse endsor lugs a a substantlal'ly as shown.- The smaller "end of the post is passed through an elongated and having thefface of the disk atgthe same time {adapted to support the corresponding shoe, it is suitably positionedand'held to receivethe assembled back-plate and cor- S TE TENT OF IC 1 Specification of Lettersl'atent. "Patented 15 1914; I

i Application filed. September 15, 1913. Serial No. 789,756.

faces, of the, extensions a and lugs a The plate may be recessed,fas; indicated at 6 thereby'increasingaits stiffness and providing additional {depth for. supporting that a part of the post.- The head part of the :button is provided with the usual cup shapedi sheet-metal outer shoe- 0." ;In applying the .ing. the peripheral edge of the shoeto snugly i I engage the underside of the plate, thereby,

too,;causing the'inner surface oftheshoe to i bear against the flattened lugs a As thus constructed, the post is rigidly secured I against movement both in endv'vise and,"

lateral directions. It. will be noted that the said members of thepost present a relatively large area to the plate 6, and thatthe rolled shoe 0 rigidly clamps or presses the resented as having the post a provided with ders e, e, and a short central lug 6 as being disposed in a plane common to the other portions of the post. An oval con cavo-convex back-plate h of thin sheet stock is provided with a transverse opening it? in' which the post is fitted (see Fig. 4). The

outer rim of the plate 7b is adapted to re- *plajte' b and. post a togetherv and prevents any yielding of the members, whatever. Theoppositeor pilot end of the cuff-link button,

frequentlytermed the bean end, isfirep i ceive and inclose the corresponding rimportionof the oppositely positioned metal. ing plate a, the latter corresponding to the curved end part e and having an opening '5 to receive the said luge 'of thepost. The

outer member ofthe bean consists of a concave-convex shaped metal shoe meonforming to and engaging thesaid plate 2',"

the several members of the smaller ,or

bean end of the button are held together i 95 clearly shown in Fig. 5; all said members V attractive appearance.

ture and presents a smooth, solderless,

finished oval surface throughout, thereby adapting it to be easily inserted in the buttonhole and at the same time presenting an It will be observed that the improved con struction of the front head is such that the post and back-plate b are capable of being readily assembled in an unsoldered state and positioned and held in the shoe c 'by a suitable tool or holder While the rim or flange portion of the shoe is being rolled inwardly; said rolling operation causing the shoe to forcibly engage the lugs or ears of thepost superimposed upon the innerface of the plate 6, said operation at the same time causing the rolled edgeof the shoe to snugly engage the outer face-of the plate, thereby rigidly securing the parts together without sold'ering,'swagin or riveting.

I claim as myinvention:

1. A button having oppositely dispose main front and back heads and a flat post uniting the heads, the said front head consisting of an outer shoe orcup having a circumscribing rim, an apertured, disk-like back plate fitting the inner periphery of said rim, the corresponding end portion of said post being comparatively wide and positioned in the apertured portion of the back plate; said post also extending laterally beyond the respective ends of said aperture and bearing on the said plates proximate face, the inturned rim of the-shoe clamping together the said parts of the front'head against movement.

2. In a button or stud of the general character described, the combination of a post, the head end of said post having oppositely arranged lateral extensions terminating respectively in bent right and left wings, a back-plate, and an outer shoe or cup member, the latter having the back plate and the corresponding head end of the post positioned therein, and having the edge of said shoe inturned, whereby the shoe engages both the back plate and the said'lateral extensions of the post to maintain them rigidly in position in the head.

3. In a button, a post having a relatively wide head, ears projecting from the lateral edges of the said head to form bearing members, abaclrplate having an opening therethrough to receive the post, the said ears of the latter adapted to bear against the adjacent face of the plate, and a cup-shaped outer shoe having an inwardly rolled peripheral edge inclosing the end portion .of the post, including its ears, and the peripheral edge portions of the plate, whereby all the parts are rigidly clamped together.

4;. A button or stud having main front and back heads, and a post connecting the heads, the portion .of the postconnecting the front head being relatively wide and approximately T-shaped, said front head comprising a disk-like plate having an opening to \18C61V8 andsupport the corresponding Copies of thispatent maybe.iobtained for five ,eents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, 'Ma m-nstoeD- A 

